Week 2 - Creating Centre line Components and Hull Skin

This week we were making various components for the centre line structure and the hull skin.

At the start of the week we cleaned off our glued up transon amd marked it out for cutting and then cut to the outside face. This was left to one side and then we made a template for the transom knee and apron. The tansom knee was cut out and shaped and left to one side. A jig was then set up for our stem apron which we laminated and cleaned off leaving to one side.

The last few days of the week saw the a real flurry of activity with the help of many others. This invloved scarfing and joining together the high density foam to make 16ft x 4ft sheets. A layer of thickened epoxy and then cloth had to be bonded over all these sheets so that when they are cut into strips for the hull skin they will have a grain strength running along their length. A final layer of peel ply was added so that we have a nice finish on the inside of the hull to work on. All this was left to cure overnight before setting them to one side on friday when we turned our attention to setting the moulds on the box. We will have all the moulds set up by Tuesday.